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Enrico Fermi: The Architect Of The Atomic Bomb

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In italy there’s many science who influenced the people around. One of the scientist is Enrico Fermi. the creator of the world's first nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1. He was called the architect of the nuclear age and the architect of the atomic bomb. which he built in 1942 and he won the Nobel Prize. Enrico Fermi and 48 or more of his colleagues succeed in achieving in this reactor the world’s first human-made controlled under nuclear chain reaction. In 1926, he discovered the statistical laws, nowadays this is known as Fermi statistics, governing the particles subject to Pauli's exclusion principles. he also evolved the beta-decay theory, coalescing previous work on radiation theory with Pauli’s idea of the neutrino. CP-1 was moved …show more content…

He starts to have interest in Physics at age 14, when his beloved brother, Giulio, died suddenly during minor surgery. To console him, his parent encouraged his studies, he read physics books, he and friends conducted physics experiments for fun, including testing the density of Rome's water supply. In 1918, Fermi won a scholarship to the prestigious Scuola Normale Superiore University in Pisa, Italy. His entry essay was so impressive that Fermi was quickly elevated to the doctoral program, and he graduated with honors in 1922. In 1923, he was awarded scholarships from italian government , Rockefeller Fellowship, and he spent a several month with renowned Professor Max Born in Göttingen, German. One of his first sources for his study of physics was a book, he found at the local market at Campo de' Fiori in Rome. It covered mathematics, classical mechanics, astronomy, optics, and acoustics, insofar as these disciplines were understood when the book was written. He befriended another scientifically inclined student. Enrico Persico and him together the two worked on scientific projects, such as creating gyroscopes and was trying to accurately measure the acceleration of Earth's gravity. Fermi’s interest in physics was further encouraged by his father's colleague Adolfo Amidei, which he gave Fermi several books about physics and mathematics, …show more content…

He was also awarded the Medal for Merit in 1946 for his addition to the Manhattan Project In 1926. He discovered the statistical laws, in these days, this is known as Fermi statistics. The year after, Fermi was elected by Professor of theoretical physics at the university at Rome. In 1938, he achieved the Nobel Prize in physics, for Fermi’s demonstrations of existence of new radioactive elements gave rise by neutron irradiation. In 1934, he unfold the beta-decay theory, coalescing previous work on radiation method with Pauli’s idea of the neutrino. Tracing the discovery of Curie and Joliot of artificial radioactivity that year, Fermi showed that nuclear transformation appear in almost every element subjected to neutron bombardment. This work led to the sighting of slow neutrons, which led to the discovery of nuclear fission and the construction of elements lying beyond what was until then the Periodic Table. Chicago Pile 1 was the world's first nuclear reactor, built in 1942 by Nobel Prize winner Enrico Fermi. The nuclear reactor was first built below of the University at Chicago's Stagg Field football stadium. On December 2, 1942, Enrico Fermi and 48 of his colleagues succeed in achieving in this reactor the world first man-made controlled nuclear

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